Scrubbing-brush.



S CBUBBING BBUSlL' (Application filed. Oct. 3, IQQ2.)

(No Moder.)

WITNESSES: 7 If I E a I v I I NTOR. W a. Zflbzza (22%. M $4 UNITED STATES BENEDICT RENSCI-I,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF TOLEDO, 01 110.

SCRUBBlNG-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 15,149, dated December 2, 1902.

Application filed October 3, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown thatLBENEDIOT RENSOH,aciti' zen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scrubbing-Brushes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Scrubbing-brushes as ordinarily used require the operator to grasp the brush in one or both hands and to assume a most uncomfortable posture.

My invention relates to and its objectis to provide means for overcoming this difficulty, and more particularly to provide a scrubbing-brush which may be either held in the hand of the operator or which may be quickly and conveniently engaged with an ordinary mop-stick at the proper angle, so that the operator may stand erect with the bristle-face of the brush resting squarely upon the floor. This arrangement dispenses with an extra brush-handle and furnishes an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient means of utilizing the mop-handle both for the purposes of a mop and for a scrubbing-brush.

I attain the objects above referred to by means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my brush in operative engagement with a mop-handle, and Fig. 2 an end elevation of my brush.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in both views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 1 is an ordinary brushblock provided with the usual bristles 2. Secured to the middle of the top of the block and lengthwise thereof is a strip 3, preferably of wood, which is rigidly secured in place by means of nails or screws 4 or in any other preferred manner. At top the strip is beveled outwardly on opposite sides, as at 5. At bottom the strip at each side has an undercut portion, as at b.

For illustration I have shown in Fig. 1 of Serial No. 125,742- (N'o model.)

the drawings a mop-holder comprising a rectangular frame 7, the end portions of which slide in holes in the ends of a bar 8. This bar is actuated by a screw 9, one end of which is rigidly secured to the handle 10, the other end having a head socketed, as at 11, in the bar 8, the screw passing through and engaging a threaded boss 12 at the middle of the upper member of the frame 7. When the handle is turned, the frame is caused to travel along the screw, the ends of the bar 8 forming a guide for the frame, and a mop or other object placed between the bar 8 and the lower member of the frame 7 may be now tightly clamped between these two parts.

Instead of the mop-holder here described any other holder having a pair of clamping members and a handle may be employed in connection with my brush.

The operation of my device will now be obvious. The lower member of the two clamping-bars is slipped into the undercut portion onone side of the bar 3, and the other clamping-bar is placed against the inclined face 5 on the opposite side of the bar. Now by turning the handle and screw the two clampingbars are caused to tightly clamp between them theinterposed portion of the bar 3. The brush is now provided with a handle at a proper angle ready. for use in such manner that the operator may stand erect.

It will be seen that when desired the brush may be reversed and that the handle may be attached so that it will extend to either side of the brush-block.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a scrubbing-brush, a brush-block, a member suitably secured to and projecting outwardly from the back of the brush-block, an undercut portion on one side of said member, and a beveled surface upon the opposite side of said member.

2. In a scrubbing-brush, a brush-block, a member projecting outwardly from the back of the brush-block, two surfaces upon said member which are beveled at opposite angles to the back of the brush-block, and undercut portions upon said member at opposite sides thereof.

3. In a scrubbing-brush, a handle therefor,

detachable connections between the handle and the brush comprising a pair of clamping bars on the handle, means for actuating said bars, a member rigidly connected with the back of the brush-block and projecting outwardly therefrom, an undercut portion on one side of said member engaged by one of said clamping-bars, and a beveled surface upon the opposite side of said member engaged by the other of said clamping-bars. [0

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENEDICT RENSOH. Witnesses:

R. F. SWIGART, S. A. DORLAND. 

